Monthly Archives: June 2017

Meira Domash Sparring, iTiger Forms Highlight USA Taekwondo Tourney

Greatmats is a proud sponsor of the Wisconsin State Championships, sanctioned by USA Taekwondo. The 2017 state championships, which took place on April 2 at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, WI, featured approximately 250 competitors, ages 5 and up, and marked the second annual running of the event.

The Wisconsin State Taekwondo Championships included competition in the areas of sparring, forms and a demonstration team.

Medalists from the event, which is also a member of Kukkiwon and the World Taekwondo Federation are eligible to compete at the national level. It also opens the door to possible Olympic competition.

Wisconsin State Taekwondo vice chair Tyler Northern said, ”Meira Domash’s sparring match was a very high intensity match,” and added that there were a few girls from iTiger who put together phenomenal forms performances.

”We pride ourselves on the training and achievement of all of the athletes competing at the Wisconsin State Tournament, especially those who come from our school,” Northern said.

Marra Senki takes second at 2017 showdown in Georgia

May 26, 2017 — Gracie Barra Columbus was the runaway victor of the overall team title at the Greatmats-sponsored 2017 American Grappling Federation Columbus BJJ Championships on May 20 at the Georgia Convention Center in Columbus Georgia.

The championship team defeated its nearest competitor by more than 200 points, claiming three four divisional titles along the way.

Marra Senki Jiu Jitsu was the only other team to win a division, edging F3 Training Center/Bad Apple MMA 30-27 in the Adult No Gi Division. Gracie Barra Columbus was third in that division.

Gracie Barra Columbus won the Adult Gi Division by 46 points over CheckMat Murfreesboro and Marra Senki Jiu Jitsu. The squad also dominated both the kids gi and no gi divisions, topping Marra Senki by 60 points in No Gi and blasting Twin Tigers BYY by 106 points in the kids Gi Division.

F3 Training Center/Bad Apple MMA was third in the Kids No Gi Division while Marra Senki Jiu Jitsu took the same honor in the Kids Gi Division.

Pablo Silva BJJ Takes Overall Team Title in Houston

May 26, 2017 — Pablo Silva BJJ earned a hard-fought overall team victory at the American Grappling Federation’s 2017 Houston BJJ Championships, sponsored by Greatmats, on May 13 at The Zone in Houston, Texas, edging BJJ Revolution Team for the top spot.

Pablo Silva BJJ tallied a total of 230 team points while BJJ Revolution notched 179 points and Team Rivas BJJ, 148.

Team Rivas BJJ earned the majority of its points in the Kids No Gi division where it was the divisional title with 82 points over runner up The Darkside (66 points). BJJ Revolution Team came in third at 47 points.

Pablo Silva BJJ also earned more than half of its points in a single division, racking up 120 points on the way to winning the Kids Gi Division. Team Rivas was second in the division with 52 points, followed by BQuick JJ with 48 points.

AGF Makes Return to Springfield

May 26, 2017 — Gracie Barra claimed the 2017 Springfield BJJ Championships overall team title on April 29 at Weiser Gym on the campus of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. The championship Brazilian Jiu Jitsu team dominated the competition by nearly 375 points with a score of 525 points in AGF’s return to Springfield after a 3-year layoff from the location.

Runner up Champs MMA earned 156 team points while Team LDMA was third with 128 in a field that included 300 competitors.

Champs MMA gave Gracie Barra good competition in the Kids No Gi Division, staying within 30 points of the divisional champs. Once again Team LDMA was on Champs MMA’s heals, finish just four points out of second place.

Gracie Barra doubled up the competition in the Kids Gi Division, however, with 157 points, compared to 78 for runner up Champs MMA. Rubalcava Jiu-Jitsu clamed third place with 75 points.

The Adult No Gi Division was another runaway win for Gracie Barra, which defeated runner-up Kansas City BJJ by 93 points. Infinity Martial Arts was just one point behind Kansas City BJJ in third place.

Gracie Barra’s largest margin of victory came in the Adult Gi Division where it bested runner up BQuick JJ by 109 points. Republic Martial Arts Academy claimed third place, finishing five points behind BQuick JJ.

No Limit Gives Good Fight for Team Championship

May 26, 2017 — Fighters Mississippi narrowly slipped by No Limit for the overall team title at the 2017 American Grappling Federation Jackson BJJ Championships at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi on April 22 .

Soul Fighters finished with 349 total points, just 11 better than No Limit. Meanwhile Kron Gracie Jiu Jitsu of West Monroe claimed third place with 230 points.

No Limit was the Kids No Gi divisional champions, edging Florence Martial Arts Academy by two points, 75-73. Soul Fighters Mississippi was third in the division with 54 points.

No Limit also claimed the Kids Gi Division title with 138 points, compared to 91 by Soul Fighters and 51 by Kron Gracie Jiu Jitsu of West Monroe.

Soul Fighter had tough competition on its way to claiming the Adult No Gi Division Championship, topping runners up Gracie South and Kron Gracie Jiu Jitsu of West Monroe by just two points as both runners up finished with 70 points.

Where Soul Fighters separated itsself from the rest of the field was in the No Gi division where it hled a 55 point advantage over runner up No Limit, 132-77. Kron Gracie Jiu Jitsu was third with 70 points.

Henson Defeats Davila in Brown Belt Super Fight

South USA Grappling 2017 Alabama State Championships

April 19, 2017 — The South USA Grappling Association hosted its 7th annual Alabama State Championships on April1 in Orange Beach, Alabama. Capitao Jiu Jitsu dominated the 4-6 year old divisions for both gi and no gi.

Also among the highlights of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu event was John Henson’s brown belt super fight win over Josh Davila and the performances of the following standout competitors:

Roman Pizzolato (Purple Belt)

Rick Jerez (Blue Belt Master/Seniors and No Gi Intermediate)

Aly Arnandez (Blue Belt Female and No Gi Intermediate)

Kylah Rogers (White Belt Female and Juvenile)

Dennis Hughes (White Belt Adults)

Roman Ecker (Blue Belt Adult)

Mark Dominguez (White Belt Master/Seniors)

Weston Roberts (White Belt Juvenile)

Richard Chabreck (7-9 yr old Gi and No Gi)

Quinn Wilson (13-15 yr old Gi)

Colby Dufrene (13-15 yr old No Gi)

All South USA Grappling Association Tournament are equipped with Greatmats martial arts floors.

Ohana Academy Cruises to Overall Title, Wins three Divisions

April 25, 2017 — Ohana Academy used its numbers to its advantage on April 8, when it competed in the American Grappling Federations’ first ever San Antonio BJJ championships at Mission Concepcion Sports Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Ohana, which had 115 entries, blew away the competition in the overall team standings, racking up 1255 points, 555 more than runner up Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ. BQuick JJ claimed third place with 660 points.

North Texas MMA (Magness) gave Ohana Academy a tough fight in the Kids No Gi division, losing to the overall champ by just eight points, with 73. Meanwhile, Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ was close behind with 70 points.

Ohana Academy compiled a large portion of its points in the Kids Gi Division, winning with a total of 532 points. Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ was second at 312 and BQuick JJ tallied 282 points for third place in the division.

BQuick JJ claimed the Adults No Gi Division title with 117 points, followed by Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ with 85 and Ohana Academy with 82.

The biggest point winning division for Ohana Academy came in the Adults Gi Division where it more than doubled its nearest competitor with 560 points. Rodrigo Pinheiro finished second with 233 and BQuick JJ, third, with 212 points.